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Official NBA Playoffs Thread (Predictions Welcome!)

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MotF Bane said:
Boston in five. They won't lose in the Garden.
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Not quite like the old days...but the awesomeness is back.

There was nothing that compares to watching the NBA finals in the old Garden. It had the unbeatable magic combination of the parquet floor, no AC, 100º+ heat & high humidity, the overwhelming smell of urine, and fans screaming from their obstructed view seats, even high up in the rafters.

D-Y-N-A-S-T-Y


Back to the future 😀
 
preCRT said:
Not quite like the old days...but the awesomeness is back.

There was nothing that compares to watching the NBA finals in the old Garden. It had the unbeatable magic combination of the parquet floor, no AC, 100º+ heat & high humidity, the overwhelming smell of urine, and fans screaming from their obstructed view seats, even high up in the rafters.

D-Y-N-A-S-T-Y


Back to the future 😀
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I've never seen any game that compares to the noise and the chanting of Boston fans.
 
Wow Kobe has proven beyond a doubt that he trails only MJ as the best player of all time.

People who put Lebron in the conversation are only looking at the Lebron potential (which I agree with, even though I dont like him) instead of what he has actually done.

That performance in game 6 is why he is the best Laker of all time, and closing in on the top spot.
 
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Capt Caveman said:
Heck, he's not even the best Laker of all time.
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Yeah, gimme Magic. Not saying Kobe isn't great - he is - but Magic is the best Laker I've seen. And, Magic beat Boston twice in the Finals, when no Laker had beaten Boston even once.

Kobe vs Jordan?

MVP - Jordan 5, Kobe 1
Finals MVP - Jordan 6, Kobe 1
Carry a team thru the NBA regular season? Jodan yes, Kobe no.

The one thing I'll give Kobe is that the NBA is better now than in the 90's.

Best player ever - How about Wilt? Oscar?
 
Kobe is as much 'jordan-esque' now as he ever was imo (certainly in the playoffs), however Jordan was 'jordan-esque' the day he put on a bulls uniform and tore up the league as a rookie.

He didn't win championships early, but I don't think people fault him for that, I hope not atleast. Once he got very good talent to support him, and a coach who knew how to win at a high level (which is often underestimated in this league), he became an even more effective player and established many of the benchmarks that are now used to compare other players with.

But even tho he didn't advance far in the playoffs early on, he was already establishing remarkable benchmarks that too many people seem to overlook.

One example, '87-88, scoring champion/defensive poy/mvp, shooting 53.5%, 35 ppg, 3.2 steals, 1.6 blks, 5.5 rebs, 5.9 apg's. The type of energy and intensity this must have taken is unbelievable.

I think Kobe's entire game/career is clearly short of MJ's total accomplishments.

Anyhow...

That's not to take away from Wilt, Russell, Oscar...I've never seen them play a full game, altho would love to see some.
 
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Odds

Celtics +5.5
Lakers -5.5

If I'm not mistaken...if the Celtics win game 1, the resulting implosion of the earth's core would have a very positive effect on slowing BP's oil leak. 😛
 
BUTCH1 said:
I like Boston and here's why, Perkins...yup that dude has such a knack of intimidating other centers the low post game gets taken away, even the look on his face says "Don't fuck with me"...
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With one more technical foul Perkins is automatically suspended for one game. This may loom large in the series.
 
BUTCH1 said:
I like Boston and here's why, Perkins...yup that dude has such a knack of intimidating other centers the low post game gets taken away, even the look on his face says "Don't fuck with me"...
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After what happened in '08, you can bet they will be going right at him with everything they got to atleast draw fouls. If Perkins throws most of it back in some way or another, more power to him, but I don't think he will have the same success.
 
HopJokey said:
With one more technical foul Perkins is automatically suspended for one game. This may loom large in the series.
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I'm guessing the Lakers will try to get him T'd up in Game 2, 3 or 4. Also, if Perkins does get T'd up, does he get booted in the current game (because he has 7) as well as being suspended for the next game?
 
What are the match ups going to be?

Fisher - Rondo
Kobe - Allen
Gasol - Garnett
Artest - Pierce
Bynum - Perkins

?
 
her209 said:
I'm guessing the Lakers will try to get him T'd up in Game 2, 3 or 4. Also, if Perkins does get T'd up, does he get booted in the current game (because he has 7) as well as being suspended for the next game?
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One more T gets him suspended for the next game. You need two Ts to be ejected from a single game, his single next T will not automatically eject him.

After you reach seven overall Ts, every other one after that (9, 11, 13, etc.) is a single game suspension.
 
I don't see how Fisher can guard Rondo.... They should put Kobe on Rondo during crunch time and bring in Shannon Brown to guard Allen.
 
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